Channel 4’s recent drama based on the events of the English Civil War has just been released on DVD.
Land of Marvels is a novel about the decline and fall of empires. It is set in 1914, with the First World War looming.
Capitalism is stupid, and there’s a new film that says so. The Age of Stupid is about the very real threat of catastrophic climate change, but it doesn’t stop there.
This new three-part drama for Children’s BBC lifts the lid on the world of child runaways.
This book, which has been published to mark the 25th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike, tells one of the little-known stories of the year long struggle.
The 23rd festival celebrates the continuing creativity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film-makers from across the world.
As the American Revolution of 1775-83 rages around her, Isabel, a 13 year old slave girl, begins her own struggle.
The deaths of four young recruits between 1995 and 2002 brought the Deepcut barracks in Surrey, and the British army, under public scrutiny.
This new album from US activist and singer Jon Fromer highlights issues such as class and race through modern blues and folk songs.
This novel for over 11 year olds is well written and absolutely gripping. It is set in a future where the US is divided into 12 different districts ruled over by the dictatorial Capitol.
This ambitious adapation of David Peace’s trilogy of novels set in Yorkshire in the 1970s and 1980s is well worth watching.
The new science fiction film Watchmen is set in a world that was identical to ours until the middle of the last century, when a group of costumed vigilantes appeared in the US.
